BREAKING: House Oversight suing AG Bill Barr & Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross for refusing to answer congr

[MelissaB]

BREAKING: House Oversight suing AG Bill Barr and Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross for refusing to answer congressional subpoenas for records on the Trump admin efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. @CourthouseNews

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[Kid Berwyn]

1. Hope they get asked about the oligarchs they work for.

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[olegramps]

32. What would happen to me if a refused to show up when issued a subpoena.

[Kid Berwyn]

33. Is that a rhetorical photo?

[Raster]

2. SUE. THEM. FOR. EVERYTHING.

[rzemanfl]

5. Sue them for treason. Drumpf thinks that is a civil action. n/t

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. yep. keep slugging!

[StarfishSaver]

31. It's not that kind of lawsuit

It's a request for declaratory judgment and injunction - they're seeking a court order enforcing the subpoenas.

[joost5]

3. Time to spritz a little daylight into this corruption.

And start putting people in the slammer for not complying with the law.

[donkeypoofed]

4. Hope it gets disBarr actually disbarred!

[wryter2000]

7. He needs to be impeached

Maybe this is a step in that direction.

[Wednesdays]

6. We'll get a final ruling on this

On January 21, 2025 or so.

[volstork]

10. Yep.

They will draw this out for as long as they are able to, which means YEARS.

[DENVERPOPS]

15. 2025, during Trump's third term approved by supreme Court

And Republican Senate.....(And Republican House by that point)

[AncientGeezer]

23. SCOUTS can't do that..even with the House and Senate

You would still need 2/3rd's of the States to revoke the 22nd

[DENVERPOPS]

26. they are totally

they are totally ignoring the constitution now, what makes you think they wouldn't steam roll that too.

Would you honestly put anything past this crowd? I sure as hell wouldn't, not for a second........

[AncientGeezer]

27. SCOTUS is.."totally ignoring the constitution now".....How?

[DENVERPOPS]

28. I am old

I am old and do not have the time or energy to do the research to present what I find to you.....

HOWEVER, what comes to mind first is the 2000 Presidential election where they had no right whatsoever to intervene in the State of Florida recount that was demanded by the state of Florida. There is nowhere in the U.S. Constitutuion giving them the rights that they usurped to decide that W "won"........

Or deciding that a Corporation or worse yet a foreign country, even a country not an allie has the right to freedom of speech, just like a U.S. resident/human being in 2010...........

[malaise]

8. Yes

Rec

[Rollerman]

9. A Lawsuit?

That’s ridiculous. Hold them in Inherent Contempt and lock them up.

[Duppers]

12. EXACTLY!!!

[AncientGeezer]

24. That's not really a practicle thing you know...who jails 'em?

What court upholds that jailing? Due process applies to dirt bags as much as it does to non-dirt bags.
They'd be released in 11 minutes...and the optics...hand the pukes a campaign add..."The Democrats are jailing us for asserting our Constitutional rights...what's next, denying us 5th Amendment protection"

There isn' a Democratic Hose Chairperson that is going to pull the IC trigger...their lawyers know a crap ton more than you do.

[StarfishSaver]

29. They're going to court to get a court order enforcing the subpoena

A lot more effective than trying to do inherent contempt, no matter how satisfying the "lock 'em up in the basement" crowd may think inherent contempt may be.

[cp]

11. Yes!

[ananda]

13. Wow, looks like Rep Carolyn Maloney is ..

.. filling Elijah Cummings' big shoes very well !!!

Thank goodness for great Dems!!!

[soldierant]

18. Hear, hear!

[CaptainTruth]

14. I don't have time to read the docs now, but is this basically a civil contempt suit?

[StarfishSaver]

30. No. It's a suit for Declaratory Judgment and Injunction - essentially asking the court to order

Ross and Barr to comply with the subpoenas. The court no doubt will issue such an order - and if they defy it, they'll be in contempt of court, which is much more serious and has a stronger enforcement mechanism than contempt of Congress does.

[Mersky]

16. I celebrated this occasion by purchasing multiple pocket sized copies

...of The Constitution. Will compare the different publishings, then start handing them out like breath mints.

barr and ross are walking mockeries of the offices they hold.

[spanone]

17. Every damn person in trumpworld thinks they are above the law.

They answer to no one.

[Scarsdale]

20. They answer to

Vlad, their Money Man.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

21. Hopefully this will come before a judge who actually cares

about justice.

[AncientGeezer]

25. And would be immediately appealed...if they get a negative ruling.

[StarfishSaver]

22. It's not a typical civil lawsuit that you may be used to

The Committee isn't suing for damages, but asking the court for an declaratory judgment and injunction against Barr and Ross. In short, they're asking the court to enforce the subpoenas, as they've done in other cases, including the case that was decides yesterday.